The Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange

Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning

Jon Rubin, Sarah Guth

• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781620369845
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

This is the authoritative guide to implementing COIL Virtual Exchange, conceived, and co-edited by one of the originators of this innovative approach to internationalization, Jon Rubin. COIL, the acronym for Collaborative Online International Learning, is a central modality of what has come to be known as virtual exchange. Since its first iteration in 2002, it has gradually established itself as a mature pedagogy that is being increasingly implemented across the world and is validated by a growing body of research.

COIL Virtual Exchange at its most essential is a bi-lateral online exchange involving the integration of existing courses across two, or sometimes more, institutions that are geographically and/or culturally distinct. To launch a COIL VE course, the instructor of a class at a higher education institution in one location links online with a professor and his or her class in another region or country. Together, their students engage and develop joint projects, usually over a continuous five to eight-week period.

Compared to the limited number of students worldwide who can engage in study abroad, COIL VE potentially opens up more equitable and inclusive participation in international education and intercultural experiences to all students, involves them in rigorous disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies, and promotes close and constructive engagement with students with different cultural perspectives.

While many COIL courses are launched by individual instructors, based on their research connections and online outreach, they are being increasingly supported and led by dedicated COIL Coordinators who facilitate virtual exchanges and provide professional development.

This comprehensive guide covers COIL VE pedagogy, provides examples of what takes place in the COIL classroom, and explores what instructors and staff need to know to facilitate and support a variety of COIL courses across the curriculum. It addresses how institutional stakeholders, especially those in leadership positions, can develop and embed a successful COIL initiative at their institution. It offers varied perspectives of COIL viewed from different institutional and cultural vantage points -- from research universities, community and technical colleges, and university systems -- and describes how COIL VE is developing in five different world regions, presenting eleven case studies.

The book concludes with a guide to thirteen global organizations that support COIL and other forms of VE. Additionally, the book provides links to the COIL Connect for Virtual Exchange website ( https://coilconnect.org ) which includes an updated directory of organizations, an expanding database of faculty and institutions participating in COIL and looking for partners, course templates, survey data, and case studies.

This book offers faculty and administrators across the world -- whether formally involved in international education, in service-learning and community engagement, or wanting to incorporate a cross-cultural perspective in their disciplinary courses -- theoretical foundations, guidance on effective collaboration, and the strategic and pedagogical considerations to develop robust COIL VE courses and programs.

Table of contents

• THE GUIDE TO COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE: Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning
• COPYRIGHT © 2022 BY STYLUS PUBLISHING, LLC
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF FIGURES
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF BOXES
• FOREWORD
• HOW AND WHY THE GUIDE TO COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE IS LINKED TO THE COIL CONNECT FOR VIRTUAL EXCHANGE WEBSITE
• SURVEY GRAPHICS DATA SOURCES UTILIZED IN THIS BOOK
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 1: PREFACE TO AN EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE
• 2: THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION MOBILITY AND THE EMERGENCE OF COIL
• 3: SITUATING COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE WITHIN CONCEPTS OF INTERNATIONALIZATON
• 4: COLLABORATION - Why It Is Central to COIL and How to Integrate It Into Practice
• PART TWO: WHAT INSTITUTIONAL LEADERS, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS, AND INTERNATIONALIZATION CHAMPIONS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 5: INTRODUCTION
• 6: PREPARING YOUR INSTITUTION TO DEVELOP AN EQUITABLE COIL VE ENVIRONMENT
• 7: DEVELOPING COIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FORMING A CORE TEAM - Initial Steps
• 8: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 9: STRUCTURING COIL ACTIVITIES FROM START TO FINISH - Developing a 3-Year Plan
• 10: TAKING COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE TO SCALE - 2004 to 2020
• PART THREE: WHAT INSTRUCTORS AND SUPPORT STAFF NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 11: INTRODUCTION TO WHAT INSTRUCTORS AND SUPPORT STAFF NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 12: STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGING FACULTY WITH COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 13: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE - Why, How, and Who?
• 14: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE - What Should It Entail?
• 15: COMMUNICATING SUCCESSFULLY ACROSS DIFFERENCES WITHIN COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 16: ASSESSING INTERCULTURAL LEARNING OUTCOMES IN COIL COURSES
• 17: MATCHING STUDENTS - Strategies for Maximizing Inclusion and Success
• 18: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• PART FOUR: PERSPECTIVES ON COIL VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
• 19: COIL DEVELOPMENT AT STATE-FUNDED U.S. UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
• 20: THE IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF COIL AT RESEARCH AND RESEARCH-ASPIRING UNIVERSITIES
• 21: COILING AT AND WITH COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES
• 22: COIL COUNTRY FOCUS
• 23: ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE BROADER VIRTUAL EXCHANGE FIELD
• PART FIVE: CASE STUDIES—HOW STUDENTS , TEACHERS, AND OTHER LEARNERS BENEFIT
• 24: CASE STUDIES—VOICES OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
• PART SIX: CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF COIL AND NETWORKED EDUCATION
• 25: CONCLUSION
• EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX